Child&#39;s vehicle



E. WINKLER CHILDS VEHICLE Filed Mal".

1N V ENTOR E. M//h/er ATTRNEY Patented Mar. 6, 19123.

UNITED STATES tama PATENT EDMUND WINKLER, OF BROOKLYN, YORK, ASSIGNOR OFON`E-ALF TO `SADIE HAJDU, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CHILDS VEHICLE.

.Application led March 7, 1922.

To all whom-t may conce/m: l

Be itknown that I, EDuUND WINKLER, a citizen of Czecho-Slovakia,residing Vat Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Childrens Vehicles,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toy vehicles the main object being to'providea toy which is both amusing and instructive and also to provide meansfor exercising the limbs of a child in a manner pleasant to him.

These and other objects will become apparent in the description below inwhich characters of reference refer to like-named parts in the drawing.

Referring briey, to the drawing Figure 1 represents a side elevationalview of the to.

ligure 2 is a front elevational view of the same. v

Figure 3 is a top plan View of the front swivel yoke connected to thebody brace.

Figure 4 is a side View of the rear axle and shows the means forjournalling the same beneath the legs.

Describing the drawing more in detail, the numeral 1 represents thebroad rounded back of an animal, in this instance a dog, having a head2, upstanding ears 3, and fore and rear legs 4 and 5 respectively. Theseanimals are of the usual type having a fur-like coat and stuffed withexcelsior or the like.

Hind legs 5 are rigidly connected to the body while the fore legs 4 aredetached from it in the region of the chest a portion of which,indicated by 6, occurs below the horizontal division. The contactingsurfaces of both the body and fore leg members are leach provided with ametallic plate '7 which forms a broad flat supporting surface for theanimal. v

Ayoke 8 secured between the legs 4 projects slightly below the latterand forms a bearing for pedal shaft 9 which has retaining collars 10securely pinned thereto. Each end of the pedal shaft 9 has a squareexten sion which receives a pedal crank 11 hav ing a foot pad 12swivelly attached to its outer end. The pedal `crank at the other end ofthe shaft extends therefrom in the opposite direction.

Serial No. 541,730.

A rubber tired wheel 13 is fixed to shaft 9 and forms a means oflocomotion for the toy when the pedal cranks are manipulated.

An additional means of securing the shaft 9 to the fore legs 4 isprovided by wires 14 which extend upwardly into said legs and areslightly curved at the upper end and are wound about the shaft 9 afterthe fashion of a coil spring and as illustrated in Figure 4.

A vertical steering rod 15 fixed to yoke 8 extends upwardly and isrotatable within the sleeve 17 secured to upper' plate 7 and within thebody of the animal. Handle bar 16 pinned to the upper end of rod 15 isadapted to rotate or swivel the yoke 8, when manipulated.

A pair of rear wheels 1S mounted on an axle 19 are secured to the hindlegs 5 by wires 2O encircling the said axle as indicated by numeral 21.These wires 2O extend upwardly within the hind legs and are then bentinto a horizontal direction from whence they aretwisted about each otherand encircle sleeve 17 at their other end.

A child when using the toy seats itself upon the back of the animal.,placing the feet upon the pedal foot pads 12 alternately pushing oneach.

IVhen a change in direction of travel is desired, handle bar 16 isturned into the required direction thereby facing wheel 13 in a newdirection without retarding the forward travel of the toy.

It is to be understood that certain changes such as the use of varioustypes and sizes of animals may be made without departing from the spiritand scope of the invention.

I claim:

A vehicle toy comprising an animal body having rotatable fore legs, ayoke between said legs having a shaft rotatable therein. a wheel in saidyoke, a vertical steering rod secured to said yoke, a sleeve in theanimal body adapted to receive said steering rod,

a handle bar on said rod, an axle, pair of wheels on said axle, atwisted wire encircling said sleeve and extending back wardly downwardand securing the axle to the hind legs substantially as described, andmeans for propelling the toy.

In witness whereof, I aiiix my signature.

EDMUND WINKLER.

